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Games like Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon

If Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon is your kind of game, the closest matches are Aviation Manager, Blueprint: EV and Tuggin It — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and cozy. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon: Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon is a simulation game where you take on the role of a shipping entrepreneur. Carefully plan shipping routes, balance supply and demand across ports, and maximize profits to fuel your expansion. Build a worldwide network and rise as the definitive global magnate.

2025StrategyIndieSimulation12.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Aquila Chengdu
Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon — Steam game cover
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Building a maritime empire from small beginningsChain supply routes to satisfy industrial dependenciesDeep strategic planning with simple initial rulesChallengingContemplativeCozy

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Steam players who put hours into Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Aviation Manager

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Choose your origin, create a route to nearby airports, choose the right plane, set a schedule for your flight. Maximize the use of planes, airports, transit routes, etc. to earn wealth, and expand routes to the world.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Blueprint: EV

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Blueprint: EV is a single-player strategy game about founding an electric vehicle company and running it through six fiscal years. Make five binding decisions at the start, then guide pricing, production, R&D, and finance across 24 quarters of real P&L and three rivals companies.

    2026StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  3. Tuggin It

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Drive a lil tug boat, haul cargo with a crane, and manage your warehouse storage, all while taking on some side-jobs when you can! Unlock and purchase upgrades to make tuggin it go a little smoother, and apply cosmetics so you're always tuggin it with style!

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. Worldwide Rush

    WHY THIS

    Shares route optimization, route planning, tycoon and a relaxing mood with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Ranked #4 for Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Worldwide Rush lets you experience passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Expand your company, meet the growing travel demand, compete against other companies, and discover new continents with its unique vehicles. The entire world is yours to control.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Aislebound

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Aislebound is a first-person retail management simulator. Start with a small empty store and build it into a thriving retail operation by ordering inventory, stocking shelves, managing deliveries, hiring staff, and keeping customers satisfied.

    2026SimulationCasualEarly Access6.79 USDSteam ↗
  6. Village Dealer Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Wheel and deal in a charming rural town! Drive your truck, negotiate with local farmers and ranchers, and upgrade your vehicle to maximize profits. Manage limited inventory and become the ultimate dealer in this captivating business.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual12.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Grub Truck

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Grub Truck is a food truck simulation game where you cook up mouthwatering meals, strategise enticing menus, set the perfect prices, complete quests and decorate your trucks with style. Invest your earnings wisely to upgrade your fleet as you build, cook, and conquer the culinary scene!

    2024IndieSimulationRPG10.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Yerba Mate Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Yerba Mate Tycoon is a unique management game. You are taking care of a yerba mate production shop/company, create, customize various yerba mates, unlock new upgrades, and grow your company. Don't know what yerba mate is? Let's say it's a coffee alternative in South American countries.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Transport Fever

    WHY THIS

    Shares route optimization and a contemplative mood with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Reviewers of Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!

    2016Simulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Worldwide Rush

    WHY THIS

    Shares route optimization, route planning, tycoon and a relaxing mood with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Reviewers of Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Worldwide Rush lets you experience passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Expand your company, meet the growing travel demand, compete against other companies, and discover new continents with its unique vehicles. The entire world is yours to control.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Port of Call

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Reviewers of Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.

    2015IndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  4. Ports Of Call Deluxe 3D 2024

    WHY THIS

    Shares economy management, resource management, simulation and a relaxing mood with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Reviewers of Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Ports of Call Deluxe 2024 in 3D Version of the The classic trade- and shippingsimulation. Create your own Shiptrading company and also lern how to navigate. Multiple Players and stereo. created by Rolf-Dieter Klein and Martin Ulrich starting with the classic Amiga Version.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Rec Room

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.

    2021AdventureMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon

Does Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon run on Steam Deck?
Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon cost?
Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon are Aviation Manager, Blueprint: EV, Tuggin It.
Who developed Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon?
Global Magnates: Shipping Tycoon was developed by Aquila Chengdu and published by Aquila Interactive.

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